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SUMMARY:Director's Book Club (Online): "Culpability"
LOCATION:Online - Broward County Library\nOnline - Broward County Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an intimate conversation with Director of Broward 
 County Libraries\, Allison Grubbs\, on interesting titles!.\nhttps://browa
 rd.libnet.info/event/16046576
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: justify\;"><strong>Opra
 h&rsquo\;s Book Club Pick * New Yorker Best Books of 2025 * 2026 Aspen Wor
 ds Literary Prize Longlist * Kirkus Best Books of 2025 * Real Simple Best 
 Books of 2025 * Washington Post Noteable Fiction 2025 * NPR's 2025 "Books 
 We Love"&nbsp\;*&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: justify
 \;"><strong>&ldquo\;I was riveted until the very last shocking sentence!&r
 dquo\;&mdash\;Oprah Winfrey&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: jus
 tify\;"><strong>&ldquo\;The most of-the-moment novel I&rsquo\;ve read all 
 year\, and it&rsquo\;s the book of the summer.&rdquo\;&mdash\;Real Simple<
 /strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;"><strong>&ldquo\;If you want
  an engaging novel sure to spark great discussion about that thorny [AI] f
 uture\, this is it.&rdquo\;&mdash\;Ron Charles\,&nbsp\;The Washington Post
 "A gripping\, impossibly timely thriller."&mdash\;One of NPR's "Books We L
 ove"</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;">A suspenseful family d
 rama about moral responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence.</p>
 \n<p style="text-align: justify\;">When the Cassidy-Shaws&rsquo\; autonomo
 us minivan collides with an oncoming car\, seventeen-year-old Charlie is i
 n the driver&rsquo\;s seat\, with his father\, Noah\, riding shotgun. In t
 he back seat\, tweens Alice and Izzy are on their phones\, while their mot
 her\, Lorelei\, a world leader in the field of artificial intelligence\, i
 s absorbed in her work. Yet each family member harbors a secret\, implicat
 ing them all in the tragic accident.</p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;"
 >During a weeklong recuperation on the Chesapeake Bay\, the family confron
 ts the excruciating moral dilemmas triggered by the crash. Noah tries to h
 old the family together as a seemingly routine police investigation jeopar
 dizes Charlie&rsquo\;s future. Alice and Izzy turn strangely furtive. And 
 Lorelei&rsquo\;s odd behavior tugs at Noah&rsquo\;s suspicions that there 
 is a darker truth behind the incident&mdash\;suspicions heightened by the 
 sudden intrusion of Daniel Monet\, a tech mogul whose mysterious history w
 ith Lorelei hints at betrayal. When Charlie falls for Monet&rsquo\;s teena
 ged daughter\, the stakes are raised even higher in this propulsive family
  drama that is also a fascinating exploration of the moral responsibility 
 and ethical consequences of AI.</p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;"><em>
 Culpability&nbsp\;</em>explores a world newly shaped by chatbots\, autonom
 ous cars\, drones\, and other nonhuman forces in ways that are thrilling\,
  challenging\, and unimaginably provocative.</p>\nhttps://broward.libnet.i
 nfo/event/16046576
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